Direction-signal



WITNESSES W. F. ROMS.-

mnecnou SIGNAL. APPLICATION FILED IULY 9 I917- 1,320,925. Patented NOVA, 1919.

INVENTOR which t UNITED STATES WILHELM F. ROHRS, 0F BLACKWELL, OKLAHOMA v To all whom it may concern."

:Be it known that I, WILHELM F. RoHRs,

Blackwell, in the county of Kay and State of Oklahoma, have invented new and use- -ful Implrovements in Direction-Signals, of e following is a specification.

This invention is a direction signal more especially designed for use in connection with self-propelled vehicles, and more par- Eicularly for those vehicles in which it is inconvenient for the driver to indicate by a land signal the varioustraflic signals re-- quired.

One object of the invention is to provide a signal which consists of few parts thus lessening the liability to derangement in use.

Another object is to providea signal operable from the instrument board to indicate all classes of signals, such signal being capable of being viewed from both the front and rear of the vehicle.

One practical form of construction and assembly will be described and illustrated in Jet the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a. rear elevation of a semaphoreblade and its operating handle and the quadrant for the handle.

' Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the quadrant ,or bracket.

. In the preferred embodiment shown, the semaphore blade is indicated at 5. Thls blade is provided atits free end with tapering sides to form a cone-shaped end. EX. tending from the base of this cone-shaped portion the sides of the blade converge to a curved member 6.

rovided a light open ing 7 in which may e positioned any sultable light emitting element. It is preferred to have transparent lates upon both s1des of the blade so that t e light may be vlewed from the front and ,rear simultaneously.

The blade may be formed of any suitable material, such as hard wood or of l1ght metal as may be desired.

The curved member 6 has secured to 1t at one end, in any convenient manner, the converging sides of the semaphore blade 5. This" member 6 is pivotally mounted upon a quadrant 8. The free or operatmg end of the curved member 6 is provided with a handle 9,,and adjacent the-handle 9 1s a latch lifting handle 10, which 1s pivotally Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed July 9,

Adjacent the cone' PATENT FFIC DIRECTION-SI GNAL.

Patented Nov. a, rare. 1917. Serial No. 179,455.

may be formed of an and carrles upon its roun notches indicated at 13, 14,

and 15. To coiiperate with these notchesthere is provided alatch 16, which is coiiperatlvely connected by a latch bar 17 to the latch handle 10. The quadrant 8 is preferably bolted to the instrument board by means of bolts, one of which is indicated at 19.

The quadrant shown in Fig. 1 is of the type that is more particularly adapted to be secured to a vertical instrument board, while the type shown in Fig' 2 is'for one that is positioned in a slanting direction. As shown in Fig. 2 this latter quadrant is provided with a suitable spacing flange 20, which is so formed that when the quadrant is in its proper position relative to the board it will stand in a vertical direction. Suitable holes or apertures 21 and 22 are indicated for the purpose of bolting this quadrant to the instrument board 18.

In Fig. 1 the semaphore blade 5 is shown in a vertical or neutral position, at which time the latch engages with the notch 13. If it is desired to indicate that the vehicle will stop, the latch is withdrawn by means its handle 10, and the semaphore blade 5 b: means of its handle 9 is moved to the ne? notchl5. Should it be desired to indic .e that a left hand turn will be made, the cur ed member 6 is moved to the notch indi uted at 15, when the blade 5 will stand 02.; approximately in a horizontal direction. Thus it will be seen that the various classes of signals or changes of direction may be readily indicated by the driver. The light emitting means 7 may have any usual or customary type of connection with a suitable source of energy.

Minor changes in the form, proportion and details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claims.

What isclai-med is 'In combination with the dash board of an automobile, a quadrant having a flange thereon which is secured to the said board, a semaphore made of one piece of material and consisting of a tapered blade, a handle quadrant having notches in its curved edge, extending at right angles from the blade a latch carried b the handle engaging said and a: curved part connecting said handle notches and a 1i ting handle ivoted to the with the small end of the blade, a bolt passhandle and engaging with sald latch. 10

ing through the center of said curved part In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

I and into the corner of said quadrant, said WILHELM F. ROHRS. 

